Date

Workshop Announcement:

Development of Instrumentation for Arctic Ocean Exploration: Technology
for Accessing the Water Column and Seafloor.
October 16-18, 2002
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI)
Moss Landing, California

For more information on this workshop, see the MBARI web site:
http://www.mbari.org/rd/ArcticInstrumentationWorkshop/
WorkshopAnnouncement.htm

or contact:
Cynthia Hanrahan
Research and Development Administrator
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI)
7700 Sandholdt Road
Moss Landing, Ca. 95039
Phone: (831)775-1727 Fax: (831)775-1646
e-mail: jocy [at] mbari.org

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 30 August 2002


Development of Instrumentation for Arctic Ocean Exploration: Technology
for Accessing the Water Column and Seafloor. October 16-18, 2002.
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI), Moss Landing,
California.

Registration deadline: 30 August 2002

The Arctic Ocean is highly inaccessible to most methods for observing
and working in the ocean's interior. This greatly inhibits addressing
key questions surrounding such topics as global climate change, plate
tectonics, and deep-sea hydrothermal systems. Recent developments in
advanced instrumentation technologies could significantly improve our
ability to make observations and collect samples underneath the Arctic
ice cap.

The purpose of this workshop is to foster collaboration between Arctic
scientists and instrumentation specialists, to identify the most
critical technical challenges in the Arctic, and to identify technical
solutions and instrumentation concepts that have the potential to enable
important scientific advances in Arctic oceanography.

For more information on this workshop, see the MBARI web site:
http://www.mbari.org/rd/ArcticInstrumentationWorkshop/
WorkshopAnnouncement.htm

or contact:
Cynthia Hanrahan
Research and Development Administrator
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI)
7700 Sandholdt Road
Moss Landing, Ca. 95039
Phone: (831)775-1727 Fax: (831)775-1646
e-mail: jocy [at] mbari.org